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A Eurasian plant (Foeniculum vulgare) in the parsley family, having pinnate leaves and clusters of small yellow flowers grouped in umbels, cultivated for its aromatic seeds and edible stalks.
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The seeds or stalks of this plant.
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A variety of fennel whose seeds are used as flavoring.
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A variety of fennel whose bulbous, celerylike stalks are eaten as a vegetable.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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An aromatic umbelliferous plant, Fœniculum vulgare, a native of southern Europe and common in cultivation.
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A name of certain plants of other genera. See below.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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A perennial plant of the genus Fæniculum (Fæniculum vulgare), having very finely divided leaves. It is cultivated in gardens for the agreeable aromatic flavor of its seeds.
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(Fæniculum dulce). It is a smaller and stouter plant than the common fennel, and is used as a pot herb.
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(Anthemis Cotula), a foul-smelling European weed; -- called also mayweed.
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an herb (Nigella) of the Buttercup family, having leaves finely divided, like those of the fennel. Nigella Damascena is common in gardens. Nigella sativa furnishes the fennel seed, used as a condiment, etc., in India. These seeds are the “fitches” mentioned in Isaiah (xxviii. 25).
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the distilled water of fennel seed. It is stimulant and carminative.
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(Ferula communis), has stems full of pith, which, it is said, were used to carry fire, first, by Prometheus.
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a European plant (Peucedanum officinale) looking something like fennel.